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Census Tract 9703.01, Cherokee, SC

3,791 Population
3.9 square miles 965.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaffney: 31.9 ±2.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,432 ±$3,701 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gaffney: $21,994 † ±$2,365
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee County: $27,406 ±$1,263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
$46,813 ±$8,436 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gaffney: $41,089 ±$3,009
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $50,288 ±$2,291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570

11.1% ±5.8% (413  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gaffney: 29.1% † 3,351 (±5.9% / ±676)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% † 10,223 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)

21.1 minutes ±5.2 (33,915  ±11,129) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gaffney: 18.9 82,940 (±1.8 / ±11,478)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 25.1 560,455 (±2.1 / ±52,638)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)

Families

1,511 ±184 Number of households
  • Gaffney: 4,635 ±277
  • Cherokee County: 22,063 ±448
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
2.5 ±0.2 (3,725  ±542) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gaffney: 2.5 11,501 (±0.2 / ±86)
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 55,513 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580

12.7% ±8.2% (116  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Gaffney: 6.9% † 207 (±3.7% / ±111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 7.2% † 924 (±1.8% / ±228)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)

Housing

1,701 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Gaffney: 5,384 ±325
  • Cherokee County: 25,150 ±46
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311

$163,000 ±$12,838 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gaffney: $137,700 † ±$26,802
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $142,000 † ±$15,173
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421

19.9% ±8.9% (729  ±341.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Gaffney: 20.4% † 2,523 (±4.2% / ±516.7)
  • about double the rate in Cherokee County: 9.9% † 5,551 (±1.4% / ±790.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)

Social

87.9% ±6.1% (2,459  ±384) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gaffney: 84.5% 6,650 (±5.9% / ±606.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 85.2% 33,071 (±3.2% / ±1,256.1)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
33% ±8.3% (923  ±266.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Gaffney: 23.1% † 1,816 (±4.4% / ±358.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 18.4% 7,144 (±1.6% / ±628.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% ±4% (265  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gaffney: 6.4% † 803 (±1.9% / ±237)
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 3.2% 1,788
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101

5.8% ±2.3% (178  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gaffney: 7% † 681 (±2.2% / ±213)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.3% † 3,196 (±1.1% / ±462)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
178 Total veterans ±75 178 Male ±75 N/A Female ±14

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